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his face felt peculiarly. He reached to feel of his head, as any one 

 would do after a rest, and he found it covered with numberless cockle- 

 burrs, tangled thickly. "Oh, my! Such is the luck! I cannot help 

 it, for I am careless sometimes," said he starting off and following the 

 course of the river. 



As he was traveling, he ran across a mouse, and said, "Say, 

 partner, stop a moment, will you. I wish you would go out to your 

 kind and tell them that I want you with them to cut my hair closely," 

 said he. "All right, I shall run over quickly," said the mouse, run- 

 ning fast and dragging his tail on the smooth ground. White-Man 

 waited in agony for some time until the mice had come. So he lay 

 down on the ground, and the mice went to work cutting his hair 

 closely. These animals were having a good time — some of thein 

 carried his hair to their quarters for some purpose, while others ran a 

 race on his arms and legs. Feeling quite relieved, he got up and 

 walked away in despair. 



Before he reached home he was crying unmercifully toward his 

 tipi. "Oh! That crazy Nih'a"(pa", he must have met with an acci- 

 dent, or he must have been misguided," said his wife. "What is the 

 matter with you?" said she, looking angrily at him. He could not say 

 anything, but kept on sneezing, coughing, and weeping till at last he 

 said to his wife, "Oh, my dear, they told me that my whole tipi was 

 massacred, and I went to work and cut my hair to mourn my loss. 

 Oh ! I cannot help but weep bitterly, for I do love you deariy, and 

 the children," said he, wiping his tears away, 



LITTLE-STAR. 



In the sky there is a big camp-circle, controlled by a man and 

 wife, with two boys. This family was innocent, yet very generous in 

 heart and very industrious, manually and mentally. 



Their tipi was formed by daylight, and the entrance (door) was 

 the sun. This tipi was fastened by means of short eagle-wing feathers 

 from next to the shoulder. 



These young men were on the go all the time, and of course would 

 see many people and animals. They would be absent from home most 

 of the time, while the parents remained at home thinking about them 

 and their belongings. 



One night when these two young men were at home they were 

 consulting each other about looking for wives. Finally they agreed 

 to search for their respective wives. So when the next night came, 

 the oldest son. Sun, clearing his throat and seating himself erect, 

 stated their desires to their father, saying: "Say, dear father, we have 



